Terrae Expugnandae 5.0 - Preview 3

**Lusted** · May 20, 2006, 06:33 AM

Hey everyone, this weeks preview is more of an update on progress and improvements made in 5.0, it does not focus on one area in particular like the last two.

Unit Cards

Being the perfectionist i am(its the modders disease), im going through and redoing all of the unit cards for every faction. I've already done the romans, and work is progressing well in this area. Here's a pic of how the roman unit cards now look:

Senate offices

Thats right, there back. I cannot get the senate office list, or the end of turn message notifying of new offices working as they are linked to the senate faction which is removed, but i can get them back in as traits. I've not perfected the triggers yet, but im getting there. That's why you will only see certain offices in these pics:

Thanks to Malrubius fr his help with this.

Campaign map characters

Im adding in more variety and improved captain character models for the campaign map in 5.0, below are pics of how some factions captains look:

Baktria

Dacia

Epirus

Gauls

Germans

Greek Cities and Macedon

Scythia

Seleucid

Hope you enjoyed this preview of 5.0

**Boudicca** · May 20, 2006, 06:41 AM

It's good that you are redoing the Unit cards. I always like mods which care about those "small" things. A nice interface with nice unit cards enhances fun on the campaign map a bit. :original:

**Belisarius** · May 20, 2006, 07:50 AM

Great Stuff!

**I_Hate_Pompey** · May 20, 2006, 07:51 AM

I like the new campaign map characters .....
The victory conditions will have any change in 5.0 ?

**Lusted** · May 20, 2006, 07:52 AM

Thank you for your comments.

No, victory conditions will be the same as in 4.0.

**CommanderSela** · May 20, 2006, 08:15 AM

Lovely!! I can't wait you release the mod. By the way all your roman characters have glutton traits. I hope it's not too common in your mod.

**Lusted** · May 20, 2006, 08:21 AM

Thats just because i was cheating to get extra money as it was a test campaign, so i had a latge amount of money hence all the glutton traits. Its not common, and building an academy in your cities will counteract quite a few negative traits.

**Cyrus the Virus** · May 20, 2006, 09:03 AM

*tear* nice Unitcards, good the hear about the Offices. Agree with Boudicca about the small things.

Good Job and Good Luck

**Gaius Baltar** · May 20, 2006, 09:24 AM

WHAT AN AWESOME MOD!!!

:original:

**Sparton Matticus** · May 20, 2006, 10:09 AM

Impressive, i hope you can pull those senate offices off, I always liked that. When you got promoted.

**Sétanta** · May 20, 2006, 11:33 AM

Amazing. I get more and more excited every time

**John Wayne** · May 20, 2006, 02:44 PM

I love that you are returning the Senate offices! I hope you get them bugs worked out of them soon!

**.Socrates** · May 20, 2006, 05:10 PM

Looks very nice.
Better be as promising as TE 4.0

**caratacus** · May 20, 2006, 05:35 PM

It's good that you are taking care doing the unit cards Lusted, they definitely improve the game experience but tend to get treated as an after thought.

**Tzar Vladimir** · May 21, 2006, 04:23 AM

Boudicca:
'It's good that you are redoing the Unit cards. I always like mods which care about those "small" things. A nice interface with nice unit cards enhances fun on the campaign map a bit.'

You're right as allways, Boudicca. And for perfectionist modder (in another words, true modder) there aren't a small things related to mods unique atmosphere and feeling.
Keep the standarts high, Lusted, thanks a lot for your great work!

**I_Hate_Pompey** · May 21, 2006, 05:48 AM

Will you change the main menu style or designing ??

**Lusted** · May 21, 2006, 05:53 AM

Thank you all for your comments

Better be as promising as TE 4.0

Oh it will be.

It's good that you are taking care doing the unit cards Lusted, they definitely improve the game experience but tend to get treated as an after thought.

It's good that you are redoing the Unit cards. I always like mods which care about those "small" things. A nice interface with nice unit cards enhances fun on the campaign map a bit.

You're right as allways, Boudicca. And for perfectionist modder (in another words, true modder) there aren't a small things related to mods unique atmosphere and feeling.
Keep the standarts high, Lusted, thanks a lot for your great work!

Unit cards are no small thing, they take a long time to do, and as i've already done most of the improvements 5.0 will make, i have had enough time to do unit cards, though it is a slow process.

**chaplain118** · May 21, 2006, 08:23 PM

so do u have an estimated time until 5.0?

**Hader** · May 21, 2006, 08:26 PM

Well Lusted said in about a month, but then he said that a week or two ago, so an estimate is maybe 3 weeks? I dont know for sure, as it matters on how everything goes, and how far Lusted is with his work.